2013 Golden Globes Red Carpet

The 2013 awards season began with a bang last night, sartorially speaking. The conservative styling of the 2012 season returned in force as did shawl collars, bow ties, shirts with turndown collars and fly fronts, square-fold pocket squares and, sadly, exposed shirt navels due to absent waist coverings. There were some new variations though. Midnight blue surged in popularity as did slim-fit cuts which were often so extreme that trouser legs bunched up over the shoes. (Both trends no doubt received a boost from the Tom Ford tuxedo featured in the latest James Bond film.)

Best of the Best

Another great midnight-blue shawl collar, this one from “Modern Family”‘s Jesse Tyler Ferguson. (JustJared.com)

Jason Bateman models yet another slimline shawl collar – a very popular style on the red carpet this year. (JustJared.com)

Max Greenfield from “New Girl” rocks a more virile interpretation of the shawl collar complete with buttonhole. (JustJared.com)

Another perennial member of the best-dressed list, Bradley Cooper in Tom Ford. (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

Dustin Hoffman looked very much at home in his classic one-button peaked lapel. He could have shown a bit of shirt cuff but then again so could just about everyone else. (Kevork Djansezian/NBC via Getty Images)

Jeremy Irons: The ’80s are calling and they want their creative black tie back. (Getty Images)

Taking pot shots at Robert Downey Jr. ‘s formal fashion sense is like shooting fish in a barrel. But I think that’s exactly how he likes it. (JustJared.com)

Special Mention

Here’s a great example of how to pull off a velvet dinner jacket – and how not to. Courtesy of Eddie Redmayne and Kunal Nuyyar. (Jeff Vespa/WireImage | Jordan Strauss/AP Photo)

Amy Poehler makes a statement. (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

Finally, I should note that there were plenty of perfectly respectable outfits which I had to omit simply for space considerations. The fact that Jon Hamm, Tyler Burrell, Bryan Cranston, Daniel Day Lewis, Tate Donovan, Diego Klattenhoff and Sam Fox did not qualify as first-place finishers is less a criticism of their choices and more a testament to how high the bar has been raised as of late.

5 Comments

CygnusJanuary 17, 2013 at 9:45 am

Out of the ones you showed here, I think Max Greefield was the best turned-out. The style and fit of his tuxedo are spot on and he appears to be wearing a cummerbund (you can see it just peeking out of the jacket closure), which nets him extra points in my book.

Although there shouldn’t ever be a legitimate excuse for dressing poorly at such events, I wonder if a lot of Hollywood stars put less effort into their outfits for the Golden Globes as they view it as somewhat of a sideshow?